2016 US Olympic Team vs The Rest of the Best of the US

[hateraid]

G: Kyrie Irving, Kyle Lowry, DeMar Derozan, Jimmy Butler, Klay Thompson
F: Kevin Durant, Paul George, Carmelo Anthony, Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes
C: Demarcus Cousins, DeAndre Jordan

vs.

G: Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry, James Harden
F: Lebron James, Khawi Leonard, LaMarcus Aldridge, Blake Griffin
C: Andre Drummond, Dwight Howard

Who you got?

[hateraid]

Left off Anthony Davis due to injury recovery

[hateraid]

Wow, I realize this is free agency time but 4-8 years ago this topic would have already been 3 pages deep.
I guess the NBA Forum should be renamed Jordan/Lebron/Kobe Forum. I wonder if Jeff moved all topics related to those 3 players it would have more traffic than the NBA forum?

[PistonsFan#21]

Give me the team thats not on the Olympics.

Curry
Harden
Leonard
Lebron
Howard

[hateraid]

Ok, so free agency frenzy has slowed down. Maybe now this can be a debatable topic

[Spurs m8]

Non Olympic team nails it

[Smoke117]

Non olympic team...obviously.

[KiiiiNG]

As good as LeBron is, gotta go with the Olympic team here.

Irving owns Curry, Durant owns Leonard, Dray can contain LeBron, and Cousins shits on Howard. Durant, Klay, Irving, and Lowry can splash 3's like crazy. Not to mention a better bench. Team USA takes it.

[Spurs m8]

As good as LeBron is, gotta go with the Olympic team here.

Irving owns Curry, Durant owns Leonard, Dray can contain LeBron, and Cousins shits on Howard. Durant, Klay, Irving, and Lowry can splash 3's like crazy. Not to mention a better bench. Team USA takes it.

[Bankaii]

Non-Olympic team no doubt.

You're not beating Curry/Harden/Kawhi/Lebron/(AD/Howard)

Olympic team doesn't have enough scoring to keep up with that.

[KiiiiNG]

Non-Olympic team no doubt.

You're not beating Curry/Harden/Kawhi/Lebron/(AD/Howard)

Olympic team doesn't have enough scoring to keep up with that.

[Bankaii]

I get it, you're a Durant stan. But your agenda is just dumb.
Strictly as scorers:
Curry>Kyrie
Harden>Klay
Kawhi<Durant
Lebron>Carmelo
AD=Cousins

Not to mention off the bench:
Westbrook/CP3/Aldridge/Griffin>PG13/Dray/Butler/Lowry

Get over it.

[KiiiiNG]

I get it, you're a Durant stan. But your agenda is just dumb.
Strictly as scorers:
Curry>Kyrie
Harden>Klay
Kawhi<Durant
Lebron>Carmelo
AD=Cousins

Not to mention off the bench:
Westbrook/CP3/Aldridge/Griffin>PG13/Dray/Butler/Lowry

Get over it.

Get over what? Kyrie, Klay, Durant, and Melo are all great shooters. And if you swap Melo for Dray, you got another great shooter with DPOY type defense.

We've already seen a Kyrie/Curry match-up in games that matter... Irving embarrassed him

Team USA has better shooting AND better ISO play AND better two-way players

You're blind if you can't see why'd they win.

[Bankaii]

Get over what? Kyrie, Klay, Durant, and Melo are all great shooters. And if you swap Melo for Dray, you got another great shooter with DPOY type defense.

We've already seen a Kyrie/Curry match-up in games that matter... Irving embarrassed him

Team USA has better shooting AND better ISO play AND better two-way players

You're blind if you can't see why'd they win.

I'll give you better iOS/shooters, although the gap is small, if there even is one.

But better two way players?
Kyrie and Curry are both average defenders.
Klay>>Harden
Durant<<Kawhi
Melo<<Lebron
Cousins<AD

Non-team USA has too many weapons on both sides of the court. With Lebron playing point forward and Curry, Harden, and Kawhi spreading it'd be too much.

This isn't even accounting bench support which would include Lowry, Derozan, Barnes...

[Spurs m8]

Good on him for trying to debate it, I guess...